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Proposed deletion of New York Texas Exes

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Permanent University Fund

Hi, I'm an editor working on Texas Public Education articles. You recently reverted an edit I made to the article Permanent University Fund, which specifically related to funding of other, non-PUF, schools. The intention of the remark was to make it clear to readers that the PUF does not benefit non-UT or A&M system schools (and in fact funding to campuses that are not Austin of College Station is also controlled strictly). I think it's rational to make this clear at the beginning of the article, because without wading through the very poorly written history section you can't get easy access to this information. The name of the fund, also, (Permanent University Fund) gives the impression that funding is applied to all schools, equally (like all other funding in the State of Texas) - which is not the case. Finally, my research has indicated that UT Alumni in particular have been working since the mid-80's to actively conceal this issue from the public eye (where public funds owned by the people of Texas are diverted to UT Austin and College Station preferrentially) - so I'd like to hear your rationale beyond "it being redundant" (the mention of 50% is certainly obvious though I don't know that it's redundant, but the statement that money is not given to other public schools in Texas is *not* redundant.

If redundancy is truly the issue, I'd like to propose alternate wording to the statement in question:

The publicly-owned PUF provides no funding to other public Universities in the State of Texas; all money is directed only to UT System and A&M system.

I'd appreciate any thoughts you might have on this change. Sahrin (talk) 02:36, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

• Your change gives the false impression that there is some intervening reason for other Universities to be denied funding. There is no. I do not have a 'bias,' I have examined the issue and know that there is an imperfection in the Texas school funding formula. There's no harm in pointing out the formula for funding, which is all the comment does. I'm interested that you are so insistent that it *not* be pointed out that funding is denied to non-PUF schools, though. I asked in my original comment, and I'll ask again: why is it important that this information be withheld from the article? Sahrin (talk) 16:30, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

• • I think because the fact that the PUF already points to UT Sys and A&M Sys as recipients, stating them again is redundant. I am thinking of something like this:

• • The PUF does not provide funding to any other public Universities in the State of Texas. Sahrin (talk) 16:46, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

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Nomination of Texas Exes - New York Chapter for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Texas Exes - New York Chapter is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Texas Exes - New York Chapter until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. BDD (talk) 15:21, 4 November 2016 (UTC)